Today in science we made elephant toothpaste but throughout the past couple of weeks we were creating our volcanoes with flour and water as our glue to stick the paper together around a bottle. The bottle was there to create the eruption.
Friday, October 30, 2020
Thursday, October 22, 2020
Wednesday, October 21, 2020
Where is it? Taranaki
When did it last erupt? 1854
Damage it has done? destroyed a whole tribe
How and when was it formed? It formed 120,000 years ago from the two plates crashing underground. The plates were the pacific oceanic plate and the australian continental plate.
Interesting random facts? You can't drive up it
Myths/legends about it? apparently it once lived with mt Ruapehu
pictures.
Wednesday, October 14, 2020
Japan
I learnt that people from Okinawa live really long. The average life expectancy is 83 years old.
Rice is a cultural practice of Japan.Rice is so important in Japanese society that it has been called the essence of the culture. ... Historically, wet rice cultivation was a labor-intensive task that could not be accomplished easily. As a result, families pooled their labor. More importantly, they also shared their water resources and irrigation facilities.
The population of Japan is 126.5 million
The population of New Zealand is 4.8 million.
The population density of Japan is 347 people per sq km
The population density of New Zealand is 15 people per sq km
The size of Japan is approx 377,000 sq km
The size of New Zeland is approx 268,000
Japan is 41% bigger than New Zealand